Eric Trautmann
@mercuryeric.bsky.social
Writer/graphic designer. Current project: THE FORGED (with Greg Rucka and Mike Henderson, Image Comics). Put pants on Vampirella; regrets nothing.
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Today is the release day of my Youngblood variant for LAZARUS: FALLEN from @imagecomics! Make sure you pick it up! I am so super proud of this one!!! 🥹🥹🥹 Big thanks to @alejandrobot.com @gregrucka.com @michaellark.bsky.social and @mercuryeric.bsky.social for their incredible work on this book! ☺️☺️☺️
November 19, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Today is the release day of my Youngblood variant for LAZARUS: FALLEN from @imagecomics! Make sure you pick it up! I am so super proud of this one!!! 🥹🥹🥹 Big thanks to @alejandrobot.com @gregrucka.com @michaellark.bsky.social and @mercuryeric.bsky.social for their incredible work on this book! ☺️☺️☺️
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We only rate dogs. This is a Baked Alaska Arctic Wolf. Genetically a cross between a grey wolf and a toasted marshmallow. Please only send dogs. Thank you... 12/10 (IG: eastcoasttails)
November 18, 2025 at 8:31 PM
We only rate dogs. This is a Baked Alaska Arctic Wolf. Genetically a cross between a grey wolf and a toasted marshmallow. Please only send dogs. Thank you... 12/10 (IG: eastcoasttails)
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What if this is how we call forth Cthulu and the old ones, internet slop is actually a thinning of the veil to allow dark ones entrance to our universe.
Bet no one thought of that, did they.
Bet no one thought of that, did they.
“Closeups show human faces distorted beyond recognition, sprouting extra appendages. The bodies of what appear to be dogs horrifically merge with human figures. Happy holidays indeed.”
Town's Huge Christmas Mural Was Generated Using AI, Resulting in Ghastly Chthonic Horrors
An enormous new mural near London, depicting a crowded Christmas scene, has drawn outrage and mockery from passersby.
futurism.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:48 AM
What if this is how we call forth Cthulu and the old ones, internet slop is actually a thinning of the veil to allow dark ones entrance to our universe.
Bet no one thought of that, did they.
Bet no one thought of that, did they.
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Books with Pictures truly is a wonderful community spot. Let's keep it!!!
If my heart is a place, it’s @bkswpicspdx.bsky.social: one of the most innovative, inclusive, and wonderful comics shops—and communities—that I’ve had the privilege to be a part of.
DM me proof of donation, and I’ll match up to $500 TONIGHT!
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DM me proof of donation, and I’ll match up to $500 TONIGHT!
www.gofundme.com/f/keep-books...
Keep Books with Pictures Alive: Donate Now, organized by Katie Pryde
Dear friends: I need your help.
I’m proud of everything Books with Pictures… Katie Pryde needs your support for Keep Books with Pictures Alive: Donate Now
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November 19, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Books with Pictures truly is a wonderful community spot. Let's keep it!!!
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Ponied up for a month of newspapers.com, went right to the New York Daily News and quickly found this gem from Feb 16, 1936.
November 18, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Ponied up for a month of newspapers.com, went right to the New York Daily News and quickly found this gem from Feb 16, 1936.
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This week, LAZARUS: FALLEN #6, the conclusion of "Rise" -- the first of our four final arcs. There are... developments....
By myself, @michaellark.bsky.social, @airy.bsky.social, @mercuryeric.bsky.social, @richardhowe.bsky.social, Santi Arcas, edited by @alejandrobot.com. From @imagecomics.com!
By myself, @michaellark.bsky.social, @airy.bsky.social, @mercuryeric.bsky.social, @richardhowe.bsky.social, Santi Arcas, edited by @alejandrobot.com. From @imagecomics.com!
November 17, 2025 at 5:07 AM
This week, LAZARUS: FALLEN #6, the conclusion of "Rise" -- the first of our four final arcs. There are... developments....
By myself, @michaellark.bsky.social, @airy.bsky.social, @mercuryeric.bsky.social, @richardhowe.bsky.social, Santi Arcas, edited by @alejandrobot.com. From @imagecomics.com!
By myself, @michaellark.bsky.social, @airy.bsky.social, @mercuryeric.bsky.social, @richardhowe.bsky.social, Santi Arcas, edited by @alejandrobot.com. From @imagecomics.com!
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i've been thinking about this for the last week and a half
September 25, 2024 at 2:24 PM
i've been thinking about this for the last week and a half
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"I'm sent to the fields to help manage the soybean fires. We are given no personal protective equipment. I momentarily pantomime being the dog-drinking-coffee-in-a-fire-meme, popping a squat and shouting, 'THIS IS FINE!' None of the others assigned to soybean fire detail laugh.
My Whimsical, Millennial, Meme-Addled Youth Did Not Set Me Up for Success in the New American Dystopia
DAY 1 The secret police appear at my door and drag me from my apartment. “What about my desert island discs?” I shout, thinking this will get a lau...
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November 14, 2025 at 1:29 PM
"I'm sent to the fields to help manage the soybean fires. We are given no personal protective equipment. I momentarily pantomime being the dog-drinking-coffee-in-a-fire-meme, popping a squat and shouting, 'THIS IS FINE!' None of the others assigned to soybean fire detail laugh.
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Can confirm, I did say this, over on Threads. I stand by it here as well. And everywhere else!
“Re ‘There are a lot of people on your side who will be in the Epstein Files too!’: No there aren't, my side is the ‘People Who Don't Fuck Children’ side, anyone not on this side can get all the way into the bin, what side are YOU on, exactly?” — John Scalzi
November 14, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Can confirm, I did say this, over on Threads. I stand by it here as well. And everywhere else!
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any way everyone read THE CANDY HOUSE by Jennifer Egan lol
New frontrunner for most unhinged A.I. headline of the year just emerged.
September 4, 2023 at 4:40 PM
any way everyone read THE CANDY HOUSE by Jennifer Egan lol
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Unhinged ramblings about lettering on social media helps me network with new creative collaborators better than scurrying around cons trying to get folks to take my business card.
After you form those new connections, it is great to introduce yourself to people you've worked with at cons though.
After you form those new connections, it is great to introduce yourself to people you've worked with at cons though.
networking is an incredibly important part of maintaining a professional presence in your creative industry, but it can be daunting. have you tried being completely fucking ridiculous online
November 14, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Unhinged ramblings about lettering on social media helps me network with new creative collaborators better than scurrying around cons trying to get folks to take my business card.
After you form those new connections, it is great to introduce yourself to people you've worked with at cons though.
After you form those new connections, it is great to introduce yourself to people you've worked with at cons though.
And yet he's not wrong.
patton oswalt has been suspended from bluesky for saying that megyn kelly should be fed to a woodchipper for justifying the sexual abuse of minors
November 14, 2025 at 8:13 PM
And yet he's not wrong.
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Ooooooooo. Gimme gimme gimme.
Dan Dare relaunched as graphic novel project from B7 Comics downthetubes.net/dan-dare-rel...
November 14, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Ooooooooo. Gimme gimme gimme.
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The New York Times should do an investigative piece about who is trying to kill the New York Times.
November 14, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The New York Times should do an investigative piece about who is trying to kill the New York Times.
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So the streamer Ludwig recently found out that one of his earliest regular viewers, who was trans, passed away and tonight he's doing a charity stream for the Trevor Project. So far he's raised over $46,000 in about 5 hours. www.twitch.tv/ludwig
November 14, 2025 at 3:21 AM
So the streamer Ludwig recently found out that one of his earliest regular viewers, who was trans, passed away and tonight he's doing a charity stream for the Trevor Project. So far he's raised over $46,000 in about 5 hours. www.twitch.tv/ludwig
Get to know your mutuals. List 10 random things that you like!
1. Art Deco design.
2. Western movies and TV shows.
3. Robert Parker mystery novels.
4. Steakhouses.
5. M*A*S*H re-runs.
6. Vintage radio dramas and comedies.
7. NHL hockey.
8. Cooking.
9. Star Wars.
10. Espionage thrillers.
1. Art Deco design.
2. Western movies and TV shows.
3. Robert Parker mystery novels.
4. Steakhouses.
5. M*A*S*H re-runs.
6. Vintage radio dramas and comedies.
7. NHL hockey.
8. Cooking.
9. Star Wars.
10. Espionage thrillers.
November 14, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Get to know your mutuals. List 10 random things that you like!
1. Art Deco design.
2. Western movies and TV shows.
3. Robert Parker mystery novels.
4. Steakhouses.
5. M*A*S*H re-runs.
6. Vintage radio dramas and comedies.
7. NHL hockey.
8. Cooking.
9. Star Wars.
10. Espionage thrillers.
1. Art Deco design.
2. Western movies and TV shows.
3. Robert Parker mystery novels.
4. Steakhouses.
5. M*A*S*H re-runs.
6. Vintage radio dramas and comedies.
7. NHL hockey.
8. Cooking.
9. Star Wars.
10. Espionage thrillers.
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New: Conde Nast fired four employees who were among a group that confronted the company's head of human resources on Wednesday over the decision to fold Teen Vogue into Vogue/recent cuts. Employees who were fired included journalists from the New Yorker, Wired, and Bon Appétit.
November 6, 2025 at 5:49 PM
New: Conde Nast fired four employees who were among a group that confronted the company's head of human resources on Wednesday over the decision to fold Teen Vogue into Vogue/recent cuts. Employees who were fired included journalists from the New Yorker, Wired, and Bon Appétit.
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SCHUMER: Well, I—for one—am touched by this act of generosity. Perhaps one day, all of humanity will know the saying “Be welcoming of Greeks bearing gifts.”
Senator Schumer Votes to Let the Big Wooden Horse into Troy
“In the wake of votes by a handful of key Democrats, led by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, to pass a GOP-led continuing resolution funding f...
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November 12, 2025 at 2:00 AM
SCHUMER: Well, I—for one—am touched by this act of generosity. Perhaps one day, all of humanity will know the saying “Be welcoming of Greeks bearing gifts.”
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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There’s a new #StarWars novel out today. It whips and here’s why: www.bookfrenzi.com/science-fict...
Star Wars: Master of Evil | Review
Adam Christopher returns to the galaxy far, far away with his latest novel, Master of Evil, which offers some light horror elements to make Vader’s story even more tragic.
www.bookfrenzi.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:34 PM
There’s a new #StarWars novel out today. It whips and here’s why: www.bookfrenzi.com/science-fict...
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June 29, 2025 at 1:57 PM
And who wrote that fucking headline? "OpenAI made a $12B loss?" Really?
What the actual fuck.
What the actual fuck.
Folks, this is good news, right? Getting that world record figure?
ICYMI: Microsoft’s charge “implies a more than $12 billion quarterly loss at OpenAI, said Firoz Valliji, an analyst at Bernstein.”
That “would mark one of the largest single-quarter losses for a tech company in history.”
@jessefelder.bsky.social $MSFT
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That “would mark one of the largest single-quarter losses for a tech company in history.”
@jessefelder.bsky.social $MSFT
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
November 7, 2025 at 7:44 PM
And who wrote that fucking headline? "OpenAI made a $12B loss?" Really?
What the actual fuck.
What the actual fuck.